Requiring stores to educate employees about the laws that protect domestic violence victims is a great first step, but employers should also develop workplace policies with guidance for supervisors on how to work with an employee facing violence at home.

For companies, supporting employees who are suffering from violence at home is not only the right thing to do, but it’s also good business.

AMY BARASCH

New York

The writer, a lawyer and executive director of Her Justice, a nonprofit that provides free legal services to low-income women, is a former executive director of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.

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